How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2026-46156 — linux / linux_kernel

Improper Locking

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

LoongArch: Fix potential ADE in loongson_gpu_fixup_dma_hang()

The switch case in loongson_gpu_fixup_dma_hang() may not DC2 or DC3, and readl(crtc_reg) will access with random address, because the "device" is from "base+PCI_DEVICE_ID", "base" is from "pdev->devfn+1". This is wrong when my platform inserts a discrete GPU:

lspci -tv -[0000:00]-+-00.0 Loongson Technology LLC Hyper Transport Bridge Controller ... +-06.0 Loongson Technology LLC LG100 GPU +-06.2 Loongson Technology LLC Device 7a37 ...

Add a default switch case to fix the panic as below:

Kernel ade access[#1]: CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.6.136-loong64-desktop-hwe+ #4 pc 90000000017e5534 ra 90000000017e54c0 tp 90000001002f8000 sp 90000001002fb6c0 a0 80000efe00003100 a1 0000000000003100 a2 0000000000000000 a3 0000000000000002 a4 90000001002fb6b4 a5 900000087cdb58fd a6 90000000027af000 a7 0000000000000001 t0 00000000000085b9 t1 000000000000ffff t2 0000000000000000 t3 0000000000000000 t4 fffffffffffffffd t5 00000000fffb6d9c t6 0000000000083b00 t7 00000000000070c0 t8 900000087cdb4d94 u0 900000087cdb58fd s9 90000001002fb826 s0 90000000031c12c8 s1 7fffffffffffff00 s2 90000000031c12d0 s3 0000000000002710 s4 0000000000000000 s5 0000000000000000 s6 9000000100053000 s7 7fffffffffffff00 s8 90000000030d4000 ra: 90000000017e54c0 loongson_gpu_fixup_dma_hang+0x40/0x210 ERA: 90000000017e5534 loongson_gpu_fixup_dma_hang+0xb4/0x210 CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE) PRMD: 00000004 (PPLV0 +PIE -PWE) EUEN: 00000000 (-FPE -SXE -ASXE -BTE) ECFG: 00071c1d (LIE=0,2-4,10-12 VS=7) ESTAT: 00480000 [ADEM] (IS= ECode=8 EsubCode=1) BADV: 7fffffffffffff00 PRID: 0014d000 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3A6000-HV) Modules linked in: Process swapper/0 (pid: 1, threadinfo=(ptrval), task=(ptrval)) Stack : 0000000000000006 90000001002fb778 90000001002fb704 0000000000000007 0000000016a65700 90000000017e5690 000000000000ffff ffffffffffffffff 900000000209f7c0 9000000100053000 900000000209f7a8 9000000000eebc08 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000006 90000001002fb778 90000001000530b8 90000000027af000 0000000000000000 9000000100054000 9000000100053000 9000000000ebb70c 9000000100004c00 9000000004000001 90000001002fb7e4 bae765461f31cb12 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000006 90000000027af000 0000000000000030 90000000027af000 900000087cd6f800 9000000100053000 0000000000000000 9000000000ebc560 7a2500147cdaf720 bae765461f31cb12 0000000000000001 0000000000000030 ... Call Trace: [<90000000017e5534>] loongson_gpu_fixup_dma_hang+0xb4/0x210 [<9000000000eebc08>] pci_fixup_device+0x108/0x280 [<9000000000ebb70c>] pci_setup_device+0x24c/0x690 [<9000000000ebc560>] pci_scan_single_device+0xe0/0x140 [<9000000000ebc684>] pci_scan_slot+0xc4/0x280 [<9000000000ebdd00>] pci_scan_child_bus_extend+0x60/0x3f0 [<9000000000f5bc94>] acpi_pci_root_create+0x2b4/0x420 [<90000000017e5e74>] pci_acpi_scan_root+0x2d4/0x440 [<9000000000f5b02c>] acpi_pci_root_add+0x21c/0x3a0 [<9000000000f4ee54>] acpi_bus_attach+0x1a4/0x3c0 [<90000000010e200c>] device_for_each_child+0x6c/0xe0 [<9000000000f4bbf4>] acpi_dev_for_each_child+0x44/0x70 [<9000000000f4ef40>] acpi_bus_attach+0x290/0x3c0 [<90000000010e200c>] device_for_each_child+0x6c/0xe0 [<9000000000f4bbf4>] acpi_dev_for_each_child+0x44/0x70 [<9000000000f4ef40>] acpi_bus_attach+0x290/0x3c0 [<9000000000f5211c>] acpi_bus_scan+0x6c/0x280 [<900000000189c028>] acpi_scan_init+0x194/0x310 [<900000000189bc6c>] acpi_init+0xcc/0x140 [<9000000000220cdc>] do_one_initcall+0x4c/0x310 [<90000000018618fc>] kernel_init_freeable+0x258/0x2d4 [<900000000184326c>] kernel_init+0x28/0x13c [<9000000000222008>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0xc/0xa4

Published: May 28, 2026
Updated: Jun 10, 2026
CVE: CVE-2026-46156
Severity: Medium
Exploit:
CISA KEV:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

CWE-667

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel	6.1.168	6.1.175
linux / linux_kernel	6.6.131	6.6.140
linux / linux_kernel	6.12.80	6.12.88
linux / linux_kernel	6.18.21	6.18.30
linux / linux_kernel	6.19.11	7.0
linux / linux_kernel	7.0.1	7.0.7
linux / linux_kernel	7.0	7.0.x
linux / linux_kernel	7.0-rc6	7.0-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel	7.0-rc7	7.0-rc7.x
linux / linux_kernel	7.1-rc1	7.1-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel	7.1-rc2	7.1-rc2.x

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.